More than a half century after the U.S. ignited 67 atomic weapons in the central Pacific Ocean, a former Navy base in the Bay Area continues to carry that nuclear legacy. Last week, residents were ...

The San Francisco Health Department is sounding the alarm over high levels of radioactive plutonium-239 (Pu-239) detected in the air in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Plutonium 239 is a radioactive ...

Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard. Photo by Christopher Michel. Radioactive plutonium was found in the air above Bayview-Hunters Point at twice the federal government’s recommended levels, according to a ...

Public health advocates say the US Navy knew for almost a year that tests had detected dangerous levels of plutonium in the air at San Francisco’s Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The Navy discovered the ...

San Francisco officials and advocates are raising alarms that the U.S. Navy failed to alert the public to high levels of airborne radioactive material detected almost a year ago at the Hunters Point ...

The Plutonium Finishing Plant is shown on Oct. 11 after significant progress had been made to tear down the main process area of the plant. Work should restart soon on the plant’s Plutonium ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Navy waited 11 months to alert locals that airborne plutonium at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard had exceeded ...